Unix

Enabling PIDE DMA mode. For Debian 4.0: This
package describes how to install the pre-built VIA IDE driver
module into the default kernel of Debian 4.0, for enabling P-IDE
DMA with VIA CX700(M/M2), VT8327S and
VX700(M/M2) chips. The kernel of Debian 4.0 cannot
recognize these VIA chips so HDDs will only run in PIO mode.
Note: If you aren't using the default kernel, refer to the
document "Enable PIDE DMA mode with VIA SB chips". Please note
also that kernel 2.6.21 does support the above
mentioned VIA chips.

VX800/VX800UT Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller. For
Ubuntu7.10: This document describes how to install
Ubuntu 7.10 on a VIA VX800 platform successfully, and provides a
pre-built initramfs image to have IDE DMA support for
the VIA VX800 chip. The information in this document is
provided “AS IS,” without guarantee of any kind.